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Mergus serrator. 



Mr. Murray and myself have both received the Hed-breasted 

 Merganser from Hudson's Bay. It is recorded in the ' Fauna 

 Bor.-Am.' from the Saskatchawan, and by Mr. Ross as common 

 on the Mackenzie. 



LOPHODYTES CUCULLATUS. 



The Hooded Merganser is also given In the 'Fauna Bor.- 

 Ara.' from the Saskatchawan ; and Mr. Murray records it from 

 Hudson's Bay, whence I have also seen it : Mr. Boss also records 

 its occurrence on the Mackenzie. 



Pelecanus erythrorhynchus. 



The American Pelican, recorded from English River in the 

 ' Fauna Bor.-Am./ and seen by me on the Saskatchawan, has 

 been supposed not to range east of Lake Winipeg ; but Mr. 

 Murray has recorded a specimen from Hudson's Bay. This is, 

 however, only the locality from which he received it ; and heim- 

 forms me he cannot say where the bird was killed. The Grand 

 Rapid, at the mouth of the Saskatchawan, is a favourite resort 

 for numbers of Pelicans ; and Mr. Ross notices them as frequent- 

 ing the Mackenzie. 



Graculus dilophus. 



A specimen of the Double-crested Cormorant, from which the 

 species was described by Swainson in the 'Fauna Bor.-Am.,' 

 was killed on the Saskatchawan. Cormorants are at times com- 

 mon on that river, but whether they are all of this species re- 

 mains for future ornithological explorers to determine. G. dilo- 

 phus is mentioned by Mr. Ross at Great Slave Lake, but no 

 other species. 



Although I observed species of Petrels, Shearwaters, and 

 Skaws on my voyage from England through Hudson's Straits 

 to Hudson's Bay, I cannot include them among the birds of the 

 interior of British North America ; however, the following species 

 of the genus Stercorarius are on good authorities. 



Stercorarius catarractes. 

 Mackenzie River (Bernard Ross). 



